At YOU Counselling Centres, we provide one-to-one counselling, psychoeducational groups, wellbeing retreats, and focus groups. Our services offer safe, supportive spaces for men and women to reflect, heal, and share their experiences with others who understand.
Our work began with supporting female survivors, and over time we have become advocates in working with male survivors, as well as children, young people, and adults of all ages. We offer specialist, tailored interventions for children, young people, and adults, guided by strong values and a gender-aware approach.
YOU Counselling Centres is made up of four main teams, each working together to ensure the best possible support for those who access our services.
STAR
(Sexual Trauma & Recovery)
PARAGON
(Domestic abuse)
YOU Counselling
(General)
Substance misuse
Accreditations and registration certificates
YOU Counselling Centres are an organisational member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP) and work within their ethical framework (BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions). All of our counsellors are either Accredited or Members of the BACP or equivalent.
All practising BACP members must be registered or working towards registration. Accreditation is a quality standard for experience practitioners, designed to recognise a counsellor’s capacity for independent, ethical, and competent practice.
All counsellors’ certificates can be viewed in our counselling centre in Portsmouth. They are displayed in our waiting room and our counselling rooms. All certificates are also held by each counsellor and can be viewed upon request.
We are also members of the Male Survivors Partnership, a Helplines Partnership Member and accredited with Lime Culture for our work with supporting Male Survivors of Sexual and/or Domestic Abuse.
Our team
We have a staffing structure in YOU Counseling Centres that supports all clinical and management aspects of the service, including:
• Clinical Lead
• Team Managers
• Senior Counsellors
• Counsellor
• Counselling Supervisor
• Peer Coordinator
• Volunteer Coordinator
• Administrators
Review process and feedback
We use what we learn from you to improve. Learn more.
The team and the service that has been provided have been outstanding. Efficient timing for intervention, particularly considering the longer wait times a lot of other services have.
YOU Counselling Centres have three main teams:
STAR Counselling
STAR
(Sexual Trauma & Recovery)
This is our Sexual Trauma and Recovery Counselling team (STAR). STAR works across the South of Hampshire, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight with people who have experienced recent or non-recent rape, sexual assault or sexual abuse. Whether you knew at the time or not that it was abusive.
As an inclusive team, we understand that anyone can experience sexualised trauma. We work with cis and transgender men, women, young people and children. We offer one-to-one counselling at our dedicated counselling centres in Portsmouth and Fareham. We can offer virtual counselling or via phone. We can also travel to you and meet in your community at a safe space. We run specifically designed groups and hold them for mixed genders, single sex, people who identify under the LGBTQ+ umbrella and children and young people. We are members of the Male Survivors Trust.Groups
STAR Counselling offer a variety of groups for different needs. Learn more
This is free to access counselling.
PARAGON Counselling
PARAGON
(Domestic abuse)
PARAGON Counselling is for victims and survivors of domestic abuse. Our counsellors are specifically trained within a trauma informed framework, meaning they know how best to support a person respectfully and facilitate recovery. At present we offer counselling Portsmouth only.
Generic counselling
YOU Counselling
(General)
This is a Portsmouth-only team offering generic counselling for those 18 and over who live, work or volunteer in Portsmouth. People come to talk about issues such as anxiety, poor mental health, developing healthier life skills, substance abuse, relationship difficulties, life events and bereavement.
Our fees are very low and in keeping with your income on a sliding scale.
This service is offered to those living in PO1-PO6 in Portsmouth.
Contact us: 02392 794 357
youcounselling@theyoutrust.org.uk
Make a referral
To make a referral please download our form
How can you help
Where possible, we keep our counselling free or ask for a very low fee. To support the continuation of all our work, we welcome donations or sponsorship. Please contact us if you are able to support our work financially or you can make a donation.
Other resources
Hampshire Rape and Sexual Assault Counselling (Hampshirerasac) is a portal that offers a list of services that are available for children, young adults and adults in Hampshire who have suffered from abuse.
